Sword Art Online

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A light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by Abec.
The series has currently 18 volumes.
It had been adapted in several manga series, and several light novel spin off were released. More information here : myanimelist.net...

There are also two anime series, one aired in 2012, and one in 2014. A one-hour special aired on TV, and a movie, Ordinal Scale, was announced in 2016.
SAO has been adapted in four games and a few smartphone games.

Plot :
In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online-a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other-opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG-a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death-both virtual and real...